Wideband streaming L-band (WISL) methods and systems
AssigneeSatcom Direct, Inc.
InventorsRodrigo Gomez, Timothy W. Knowles, Ben T. Vuong, Lasse Thorbro-Steenberg
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Abstract
A network management systems (NMS) and methods for automating aircraft wideband streaming L band providing dedicated high data rate communication links from an aircraft fitted with an approved L-band terminal and antenna over a satellite communication network, such as the Inmarsat Swift Broadband network. The systems and methods allow for modifying the L-band terminal wiring to inject a dedicated single channel per carrier (SCPC) signal from an external modem to achieve return data rates in the range of several Mbps over a dedicated leased satellite bandwidth.
Claims20
A method for managing networks for wideband streaming L-band (WISL) services on a plurality of aircraft, comprising:
- connecting, for each of the aircraft comprising the plurality of aircraft, an antenna and a high speed data terminal via an L-band modem;
- establishing, for each of the aircraft comprising the plurality of aircraft, a communication link between the antenna of the aircraft and a ground station, via a satellite, having a beam;
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- for each of the aircraft comprising the plurality of aircraft, managing the communication link between the L-band modem, the satellite and at least one remote location in order to keep the communication link active during a specified period of time, while each aircraft comprising the plurality of aircraft is in the satellite beam, such that no two aircraft of the plurality of aircraft transmit to the satellite, in the said beam, on the same frequency, at the same time.
A network system for providing wideband streaming L-band (WISL) services on a plurality of aircraft, comprising:
- an L-band modem on each aircraft comprising the plurality of aircraft connected between an antenna and a high speed data terminal;
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- a ground based network management system for managing a communication link between the L-band modem, a satellite having a beam, and at least one remote location in order to keep the communication link with the satellite beam active while each aircraft comprising the plurality of aircraft travels between different satellite beams, wherein a new communication link with a target satellite beam is established while the communication link is allocated with the satellite beam.
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